No Sugar Apricot Preserves Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 1/2 Cup Water
• 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
• 1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
• 2 Cups Apricots

  Ripe
• 1/2 teaspoon Xanthan Gum

  Optional
• 1/2 Cup Sweetener or Honey

  optional- if you are planing to Preserve it for longer period.

Instructions

• 1 Start by gathering all the ingredients needed. Wash your apricots thoroughly.
  Remove the pits, and cut apricots in halves. You can also prepare the other
  ingredients on the side, like lemon juice, cinnamon, and water. Since Xanthan
  gum is optional, it depends on you whether you will use it. It is okay if you
  don't use any thickener.
• 2 In your cooking pot, combine the apricots, lemon juice, cinnamon, and water.
  Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, then cook it for 20 minutes until
  the water evaporates. Reduce the heat and let it simmer. Mash the big chunks
  with a potato crusher and stir them until the apricots are macerated and have
  broken down into a thick, jam-like consistency.
• 3 Add a half teaspoon of xanthan gum and keep stirring the jam. It will make the
  jam thicker, but skip this step if you are okay with the consistency. You can
  spoon the preserves to check if they are perfect in texture. Skim if there are
  foams present on top of the preserves. Let it sit for 10 minutes, and your jam
  will be ready for eating and storing.

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